When Haya and his fellow aardwolves are scrounging through the aardvark dens, the Lion Guard mistakes them for hyenas and banishes them to the Outlands. There, they take shelter with Goigoi and Reirei, who betray and attempt to eat the aardwolves. Just in time, the Lion Guard arrives to rescue the pack, and together, the aardwolves and their saviors return to the Pride Lands.

A few days after the incident, the Lion Guard enters the Outlands to bring the aardwolves back to the Pride Lands, but the pack believes that the Lion Guard simply wants to hurt them further. The pack races away in fear of the Lion Guard until they reach a cave, which they take shelter in.

Not long after escaping the Lion Guard, the aardwolves meet Goigoi and Reirei, their new neighbors. The jackals put Haya and his friends at ease with the welcoming song "We'll Make You a Meal", in which they trick the aardwolves into trusting them. After the song, a member of their pack, Mjomba, arrives with news that the Lion Guard wants the aardwolves back in the Pride Lands.

Haya and Ogopa lounge with Goigoi the jackal

However, before Haya and his friends can leave the cave, Goigoi heaves a rock into the cave entrance, and the jackals launch an attack on the aardwolves. Just in time, the Lion Guard arrives and defeats the jackals, saving the pack. With the Lion Guard now on good terms with the aardwolves, the two groups return home to the Pride Lands, where Haya and his pack proceed to clear the kingdom of termites.

Physical appearance

Like the rest of the aardwolves, Haya bears a striking resemblance to a hyena. He is small and thin, with a purplish-gray pelt, a pale underbelly, and black stripes along his back, head, and legs. He has a short black mane that runs up his back and dark eyes.

Personality and traits

Haya is skittish and untrustworthy, with a grudge against the Lion Guard. Like the rest of his pack, he is jumpy and distrustful, though he briefly lets his guard down around Goigoi and Reirei.